Diatom feeding across trophic guilds in tidal flat nematodes, and the importance of diatom cell size

Journal of Sea Research

Volumn 92, Issue , 2014, Pages 125-133

  Moens, Tom ^a   Vafeiadou, Anna Maria ^a,b   De Geyter, Ellen ^a   Vanormelingen, Pieter ^a   Sabbe, Koen ^a   De Troch, Marleen ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Diatoms; Feeding types; Herbivory; Intertidal; Nematodes; North sea; Scheldt estuary; Size selection; The Netherlands

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; CARBON SINK; DIATOM; FEEDING MECHANISM; MICROCOSM; NEMATODE; PARTICLE SIZE; PHYTOBENTHOS; STABLE ISOTOPE; TIDAL FLAT; TROPHIC LEVEL;

EID: 84907029810     PISSN: 13851101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.seares.2013.08.007     Document Type: Article

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